AMIA 2017: Career Development for Women in AMIA Special Event

Looking for personalized career development advice?Planning the pathway to your professional future?

Pre-register by October 13.

AMIA’s Women in AMIA Task Force is hosting a special event during the AMIA 2017 Annual Symposium—Career Development for Women in AMIA.

This event provides one-on-one career guidance for early and mid-career women in informatics. The guidance is offered by a group of volunteer AMIA leaders—Career Development Guides—who are women of diverse experiences including research, executive leadership, administration, and service.

This is a great opportunity to review your CV and discuss your career vision one-on-one, on site at the Annual Symposium.

How to Participate and Pre-register

Review the profiles of the participating Guides.

Select three choices from the Guide list as a potential match for your career goals and interests.

Meredith Zozus, PhD, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Programs, College of Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Review the linked information submitted by the Guides and select three options. Follow the instructions above and pre-register by October 13.

Don’t miss this Women in AMIA panel!

Monday, November 68:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

“My work will surely speak for itself”: Visibility and Self Promotion in Informatics

Selling yourself: the Confidence Spectrum (Wendy Chapman)

Climbing the ladder: Academic career progression (Lola Ogunyemi)

Women in the C-Suite (Genevieve Melton-Meaux)

Strategies for Students (Laura Wiley)

NEW!! Women in AMIA – Give us Five Minutes

The Women in AMIA Lifecycle committee asks all AMIA women to participate in a brief survey. The survey is designed to understand how women in informatics view themselves in this field and will help us develop a better understanding of needs and resources for women in informatics and future programming.